Randi Thompson: The high cost of unions

5:33 PM,
Oct. 12, 2013

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Opinion column by Randi Thompson

I bet Republicans and Democrats agree that government should be more cost-effective and efficient. But to do that, government managers need to be able to take action against employees who fail to perform, harass co-workers or break the law.

Yet, the Legislature has denied our local governments that tool by allowing local government employees to collectively bargain. Collective bargaining is where employees form a union and have representatives negotiate a contract for them that lays out salaries, benefits, vacation time, etc.